Goorlabal Ngarranggarni by Marlene Juli, 83x103cm

Goorlabal Ngarranggarni by Marlene Juli is painted with natural ochres on canvas collected from the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Marlene Juli was taught to paint by her mother, well-known Warmun artist Mabel Juli, and paints many of the stories and landscapes of her maternal grandfather’s country – Springvale Station (southwest of the Warmun community). Marlene’s father was from Port Keats in the Northern Territory and she paints some of his country and Dreaming stories. She has a strong knowledge of the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories of her grandfather’s and mother’s country. This is because she has visited these important places with her mother and has been told the stories associated with her family’s country

The provenance and text of this painting is Warmun Art who celebrate and encourage the expression of Gija culture through the arts, and to support the continued development of innovative contemporary art by both established and emerging Warmun artists.